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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Cancer Institute (CA106928). The authors thank the study participants. We also thank Sue Ogle, CRNP, Stephanie K. Bui, MD, Janice K. Hillman, MD, FACP, Evelyn Wiener, MD, Michele Demski, BSN, RN, and Maureen Reilly, BSN, RN for assisting with recruitment and access to patients; and Andrew Gaffney, Emily Knudsen-Strong, Muhammad Monsour, Ifigenia Mougianis, Sonali Sanyal, Mary Caitlin St. Clair, James Wolf, and Mindy Yang for serving as research assistants and Kevin Oeffinger, MD for his review of the proposed items. The authors also thank the members of Writers Seminar of The CHOP/PENN Mentored Psychosocial Research Curriculum, supported by a K05 award to Dr. Kazak (CA128805). Requests for a copy of the Health Competence Beliefs Inventory may be sent to Dr. Kazak (kazak@email.chop.edu).

Conflict of Interest Statement

The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

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